Fence-post.



No. 859,603. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907. J. W. HAGANS. FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.22, 1906.

vPATTNT OFFICE.

JOHN WESLEY IIAGANS, Ol" Bir'ltblUtf,` IOW/i.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 190'?.

Application filed December 22,1906. Serial No. 349,098.

70 all whom. il, may concern.:

lie it known that l, .TouN Wnsnnv HAGANS, a citizen of the United States7 residing at Barnum, in the couutyvof Wcbsi er and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts;

and l do hereby declare the following to bc a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art 'to which it apper tains to inake and use the same.

' My invention relates to new and useful improveinents in fence posts and more particularly to that class adapted to be constructed of eenient or other plastic material and my object is to provide a post of this class which is reinforced throughout its length by a plurality of strips of wood,7 or other inaterial7 which are entirely embedded within the post.

A further object is to provide truss stays for the strips having means at their' outer ends to receive wire securing devices.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and inore` particularly pointed out in the f claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are inade a jpart of this application, Figure l is agenti-al vertical sectional View through the post, and Fig. 2 isa trans verse sectional view on an enlarged scale as seen froin line 2.-2 Eig. l.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, l indicates the post proper which is preferably fori'ned of ceinent or like plastic material and is provided throughout its length with a central cavity 2, l

' Embedded within the wall ol the post l and extending substantially the entire length thereof are a plurality of bars 3 of wood or like material, said har: being .connected together by means of a plurality of truss stays 4 said stays being formed by looping` wires around the bars and twisting that port-ion of the wires between the bars together.

The staysare preferably grouped in pairs and cross each other one stay of each group connecting one set o the bars7 while the other' stay extends at right angles to the first stay and connects'tlie 'other set of bars. The portions of the stays extending beyond the bars are likewise twisted together and formed into eyes 5 said eyes being at the outer surface of the post so that by removing a very small portion ofl the material forming the post, the eyes may be used for receiving tie-wires 6 and by disposing the fence wires 7. between v the ends of the tie-wires and then twisting said ends together the fence wires are securely held in place upon the post and by properly placing the stays throughout the length of the po'st the fence wires may be properly spaced'ai'iart. The cxtreme upper end of the post l is preferably conical and provided with a cap 8 so that the water" will be prevented from entering the cavity in the post.

It has been found that during a storni, that stock will naturally travel away from the storni until stopped by the fence and during thunder storms the stock ure frequently killed by the lightning striking the fenetor the post and in order to prevent the lightning from traveling in the strands of wire l dispose a ground wire 9 centrally through the cavity 2 and-extend one end above the cap while. the opposite end is embedded within the earth and in order to make a connection between the fence wires and the ground wire said ground wire is disposed between the strands of the truss-stays so that when the stays are twisted together the ground wire will be liriuly held at the center of the cavity and the truss-stays will conduct the electric current from the line wires to the ground wires and thence into the earth.

ln constructing a post of this class the bars 3 are lirst placed in position and the truss-stays secured thereto and at proper points throughout the length ol the bars.

lto space the fence wires as desired and by referring more particularly to Fig. l of the drawings it will be seen that the hars converge toward their upper ends so that the post, when completed will be tapered froin bottoni to'top. Before the truss stays are twisted together on the bars the ground wire 9 is directed between the strands of the stays so that when the stays are twisted together the ground wire will be securely held in position. After the vbars are thus secured lo gether they are placed within a suitable inold (not shown) and the plastic material poured into the inold and around the bars so that said bars will be entirely surrounded by the plastic nnueriai.

It 'will ,new be een that have providednl very cheap and economical post and that the saine will ne braced and v strengthened throughout its length by providing the bars 3 and the truss stays 4 and it will further be seen that byproviding the outer ends ot' the truss stays with eyes and directing said eyes to the outer surface of the post that a cheap and convenient means for securing the fence wires to the posts is provided. It will further be seen that by securing the wires to the posts by means of the tie wires that a passage into the inclosurc may be quickly made by un'twisting, the tie wires and depressing the fence "wires tlius loosened. I

What I claim. is:-- l. A post o1" the class described comprising a post of plastic material having a longitudinal cavity therein a plurality of bars embedded in said post and staysl surrounding said bars and intersecting said cavity said stays said stays and intersecting,l the periphery of the plaslh- 1() material and means disposed through said eyes to secure fence wires to the post.

In testimony whereof l have signed niy naine to this speoitication ln the presence uf two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN WESLEY IIAGANS.

Witnesses J4 T. Wxmimus,

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